Folks, please question articles that suggest GA legislature will choose electors

[Just_Vote_Dem]

Not happening.

https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/electors

Who selects the electors?

Choosing each State's electors is a two-part process. First, the political parties in each State choose slates of potential electors sometime before the general election. Second, during the general election, the voters in each State select their State's electors by casting their ballots.

You're being hoodwinked.

[FarPoint]

1. I was unaware of such false rhetoric...

Thanks for the update

[Just_Vote_Dem]

2. You're welcome.

Yes, they could try to pull this off, but don't think Mark Elias and other Democratic lawyers wouldn't be waiting to take them to court.

[PoliticAverse]

3. "Each state shall appoint, in such manner as the Legislature thereof may direct,

a number of electors, equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or person holding an office of trust or profit under the United States, shall be appointed an elector."

https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/articleii

[Just_Vote_Dem]

5. In the state of Georgia, the method that the state legislature chose

A WHILE BACK, as in most of the other states, was the electors were chosen by choice of the Democratic and Republican parties. They cannot change that law now that the election is over.

There was another poster who spelled it out better than I could, but if people still want to fret about this, go ahead.

[PoliticAverse]

7. "They cannot change that law now that the election is over." - says who? n/t

[intrepidity]

8. SCOTUS, in June 2020 nt

[PoliticAverse]

13. Please cite the case you refer to. n/t

[StarfishSaver]

6. The legislators already directed how this would be done and the electors have been chosen

They can change the way it's done in the future, but they can't undo an existing slate now.

[PoliticAverse]

10. Suppose the legislature decides that the election was flawed and decides to now...

change the way the electors will be chosen. What legal body would ultimately determine whether the legislature's actions were constitutional or not?

[idziak4ever1234]

4. Will we know who won the whole election before the electoral college votes are counted?

[PoliticAverse]

11. Unless you think the electoral college won't be selecting Biden, yes. n/t

[brooklynite]

12. WHAT articles?

People seem to be finding a new conspiracy under every bush.

[Just_Vote_Dem]

14. I KNOW!

People keep posting articles which suggest that the Georgia legislature will somehow wipe out Biden electors and install Trump electors if Biden holds the state. They're not stating it as indelicately as I just did, but you get the point.